How to Use finish line in a Sentence

finish line

noun

• That idea turned out to be a slow burn to the finish line.
  — Jarrett Bell, USA TODAY, 2 Feb. 2023
• The finish line is the French Riviera and a dip in the Mediterranean.
  — Everett Potter, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2023
• Still, the record isn’t nearing the finish line just yet.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 18 Dec. 2023
• He was chauffeured through the course and got out at the end of the race to cross the finish line on foot.
  — Stephanie Gallman Jordan, Southern Living, 23 July 2023
• Starting with the jarred peppers zooms you to the finish line.
  — Kendra Vaculin, Bon Appétit, 20 Dec. 2022
• Allen has gotten deals over the finish line, of course.
  — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Jan. 2024
• Tim Scott and Cory Booker are just not able to get it over the finish line.
  — Abc News, ABC News, 8 Feb. 2023
• The stands echoed with cheers as swimmers raced toward the finish line.
  — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 13 Feb. 2024
• The finish line is at Bayfront Park, 301 Biscayne Blvd.
  — Omar Rodríguez Ortiz, Miami Herald, 25 Jan. 2024
• When the going gets tough, Bud can draw down on a mean streak a mile wide to push him across the finish line.
  — Manouk Akopyan, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2023
• And because of that and more, this is not your father’s vision of the Aztecs’ finish line.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 June 2023
• If the deal crosses the finish line, Harris and his team will have plenty to do.
  — Tom Maloney, Fortune, 14 Apr. 2023
• For a brief moment, the finish line creeped into sight.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2023
• There could be some momentum to get Sohn across the finish line.
  — Kevin Collier, NBC News, 3 Feb. 2023
• Country House, who crossed the finish line second, was moved up to first place.
  — Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 24 Jan. 2023
• But this is a marathon, not a sprint, and the finish line is a long way away and will not end with the clink of a prison cell door slamming shut.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 25 July 2023
• Just 164 feet separates you from the finish line and your beer with this race.
  — Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 28 Feb. 2024
• But, a few feet from the finish line, Wallis collapsed, tearing the skin of her knees on the pavement.
  — Dhruv Khullar, The New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2023
• In 2019 a group of wealthy Greek Americans got together to restart the project and push it over the finish line.
  — Jane Margolies, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2022
• Support from colleagues will push you over the finish line.
  — USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2024
• The drill sergeant would taunt them with an imaginary finish line.
  — Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 25 Aug. 2023
• Richardson exploded out of the blocks, rocketed around the turn and sped to the finish line in 21.61.
  — oregonlive, 9 July 2023
• The three marathon runners crossed the finish line together.
  — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 10 Oct. 2023
• With some of the book’s more relaxed buyers just now crossing the finish line, Streisand is ready to talk a bit more about it.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 5 Dec. 2023
• Agents are well aware that most FSBO sellers aren’t going to get to the finish line alone.
  — Ilyce Glink and Samuel Tamkin, Chicago Tribune, 6 July 2023
• The reward is certainly the build up from preparation to the joy of crossing the finish line!
  — Sahmie S. Wytewa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Sep. 2023
• Now, Kaitlin Durbin reports, the agency has raised $209 million in cash and grants and hopes a new grant next year can help bring the project to the finish line.
  — cleveland, 16 Dec. 2022
• Your actors and your crew all have to believe that your vision is going to get them to the finish line.
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Mar. 2023
• The bar-calming days likely are behind Knapp, who carded three rounds in the 60s to find himself in the hunt at the finish line.
  — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Jan. 2024
• Balcome always made sure to greet the last runner at the finish line every year.
  — Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 24 Nov. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024